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@einen v, G. A. NELSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

i Letters Patent No. 70,107, dated October 22, 1867.

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T0 AIIIJ WHOM IT MAY CONGERN:

Be it'known that I, G. A. NELSON, of the city of Chicago, in the county of' Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Card-Receiver and Register.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which-- Figure 1 represents the front view of the case.

Figure 2 the section ofthe same.

Figure 3 is the ground section'ofythe slats and their arms, and

Figure 4 the case for corners.

Figure 5 represents the metal strips on a larger scale, and detached.

Similar letters of reference mark corresponding parts ofthe machine.

The nature of my inventionconsists in turning slats or stationary boards, provided with springs attached to them, the whole arranged in .a case; said slats or boards to be marked with letters of the alphabet, for the purpose of putting up any number of business cards in alphabeticalA order, to be held by said springs in the smallest space and in a. most convenient manner.

Tol enable others skilled in theart to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A series of slats, A A, is put in a square case, B, and revolve on pins a a, one of their lower corners being pinned toa connecting-arm, c, to turn all the slats at once, although said arm may be dispensed with if desirable. Strips D D made of metal or any other suitable material, are Vcut, or partially punched in any desirable form, at proper distances, in such a way that the pieces dd thus cut out act as springs to hold the card slipped behind them. And the strips are pressed into the grooves b b, their edges entering the saw-cuts There lare two of' suoli strips D D on each side ofthe slats. Corresponding to the spaces between the turning slats when they :1re open, the back-board E of the case is diilfided -xinto spaces, and .the strips F F arranged similarly to those. D D are sunk into grooves similar to the grooves() b made in the board E. The slats and the board-spaces are marked by letters of the alphabet, in correspondence with which the cards are assorted and put upon the slats or boards. l

My invention may be applied to card-receivers for the corners in a circular or rather polygonal sha-pe, as

represented on fig. 4; m m being the turning slats, n n the stationary boards, and the whole arrangementv revolving on a pin and socket, p, and supported by the brackets. It is a very convenient device to keep cards in ofices. Any card wanted may be found easily.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isA

1. The metal strips D, having the clips d formed thereon, by punching or cutting the latter therefrom, in the'manner substantially as shown and described. l

v 2. -I claim securing the strips D, constructed asY described, to the slats or case by inserting the edges of the strip into groovesj, substantially as described.

3. The turning slats A A, marked by letters of tho alphabet, and constructed as described, in combination with the strips D D and the stationary board E, or boards n n arranged as described, the whole arranged sub-- stantially as herein set forth and for the purposes specified.

G. A. NELSON.

Witnesses:

JAS. R. HAYDEN, J. B. Tunomn, 

